March 28, 2024

Former Navy SEAL Sheehy announces Montana Senate bid

Tim Sheehy, also the founder of an aerial firefighting company, announced the bid to unseat incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester because “Americans are feeling underrepresented. They’re tired of a government that they don’t feel is working for them.” | Jbsmitty via Wikimedia Commons Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy on Tuesday announced that he’s jumping into

McConnell episode alarms Senate GOP

Mitch McConnell’s sudden freeze during a Wednesday afternoon press conference jolted the Senate Republican Conference, eliciting hopes from allies, detractors that he will fully recover from any health issues. And President Joe Biden even called his old senatorial colleague to check on him. “I told him I got sandbagged,” McConnell said, a reference to Biden’s

Exclusive – ‘So Out of Touch’: Utah GOP Senate Candidate Trent Staggs Slams Establishment GOP’s Mitt Romney

U.S. Senate candidate and Riverton, Utah, Mayor Trent Staggs told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that Utah voters are “tired” of Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) “misplaced or misguided passion against” former President Donald Trump and slammed him as “so out of touch” with voters.  Staggs joined the program following Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew

Dianne Feinstein ‘Hopeful’ to Return to Senate Next Week

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is “hopeful” she will return to the U.S. Senate next week, according to notes from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). “I spoke with Sen. Feinstein yesterday [Monday]. We are both hopeful she can return next week,” the Senate majority leader’s notes said at Tuesday’s press conference. The California senator’s return was listed as a

Senate Report: Biden Business Received $5.1M Within 10 Days of Hunter Biden’s WhatsApp Text While ‘Sitting’ Next to Dad

The 2src2src Senate report on the Biden family business revealed Hunter Biden-linked bank accounts received $5.1 million in payments from a Chinese business partner, Henry Zhao, within ten days of just-revealed texts in which he demands payment using proximity to his father as a cudgel. Henry Zhao, influential in forming a Chinese investment fund, had deep ties to Chinese intelligence, according

Senate GOP Works In Anti-‘Woke’ Provisions To Defense Bill Despite Democrat Majority

The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a defense policy bill that includes provisions aiming to hold the Pentagon accountable for its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Despite a Democratic majority in the Senate, the committee agreed on the $886 billion bill and called for even higher spending. “The Pentagon has to remain focused on

John Fetterman Bumbles His Way Through Another Senate Hearing

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman struggled through a hearing on the I-95 bridge collapse in Philadelphia on Friday, video shows. Democratic Delaware Sen. Tom Carper gave Fetterman a chance to comment on the collapse, which caused significant damage to the busy highway. A tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire while traveling on the interstate Sunday

The First 2024 Predictions Show GOP’s Path To Retaking The Senate Could Hinge On West Virginia

The road to a GOP Senate majority begins in West Virginia, according to pollsters and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The 2024 West Virginia Senate race could decide whether or not the GOP takes back the Senate majority for the first time in four years, and the GOP looks poised to flip the seat

Senate Sends Debt Ceiling Package To Biden’s Desk With Default Days Away

June 01, 2023 11:01 PM ET The Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act Thursday night, sending the debt ceiling hike to President Joe Biden’s desk. Seventeen Republicans joined 46 Democrats to suspend the debt ceiling into January 2025, allowing the federal government to avoid a default on its debt less than one week before a

A well-liked incumbent stands in the way of Republicans retaking the Pennsylvania Senate seat

Bob Casey, a three-term senator who has built such a moderate, mild-mannered reputation he has been compared to oatmeal, is in the crosshairs of national Republican leaders. | Francis Chung/POLITICO PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a rising star in the state’s GOP, is keeping her options open ahead of the 2src24 Senate election. She

Senate Candidate ‘Patriot Whistleblower’ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story

A failed Republican congressional candidate allied with prominent Stop The Steal conspiracy theorists has admitted to fabricating a story about child sex trafficking to gain attention for his campaign.Ryan Dark White, who ran a longshot Senate bid in Maryland under the name Jon McGreevey and sometimes referred to himself as the “Patriot Whistleblower,” caused a

House and Senate diverge on immigration as border fears mount

Migrants wait at the Gateway International Port of Entry under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday before being sent back to Mexico under Title 42. | Veronica G. Cardenas/AP Photo House Republicans are still wrangling their members to get behind a sweeping border bill they plan to pass this week.

Black Caucus presses Senate Dems to blow up tradition on judges

Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Steven Horsford said Black Caucus members want every Republican withholding a blue slip to disclose their reasoning. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tensions are escalating between Senate Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus over the arcane tradition that gives a single senator veto power over President Joe Biden’s judicial picks. The

Top Senate Republicans Urge Biden to Keep Title 42, Warn of ‘Untenable’ Illegal Migrant Surge

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to preserve the Title 42 border barrier, which will expire next week. “We write today to implore you to reverse your decision to end the Title 42 public health order,” wrote McConnell, ranking member

Feinstein ‘hopeful’ she can return to Senate next week, Schumer notes say

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer holds sheets of paper with talking points on debt ceiling legislation during a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 2, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Chuck Schumer spoke to Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday and the ailing California Democrat is “hopeful” she’ll return to Washington next week, according to notes

Cardin not running for reelection, opening blue-state Senate seat

Ben Cardin has served in the Senate for three terms. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin will not seek reelection in 2src24, he announced on Monday, creating a wide-open race to succeed him and altering the Senate. Cardin has served in the Senate for three terms, providing a generally reliable vote for Democrats but

Why the Senate isn’t jumping at the opportunity to end the debt crisis

As the House GOP scrambles to pass its ultimately doomed bid to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, across the Capitol almost no one is working to devise legislation that can overcome a Senate filibuster, win a House majority and get President Joe Biden’s signature. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Senate still isn’t ready to save

Senate Dems weighing a Clarence Thomas invite to future Supreme Court ethics hearing

Judiciary Democrats already sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to investigate Clarence Thomas’ undisclosed acceptance of luxury travel and gifts from wealthy GOP donor Harlan Crow. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Senate Democrats are eyeing an invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas — whose friendship with a billionaire GOP donor has drawn heightened

North Carolina bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid clears state Senate

A bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income adults while loosening or ending several regulatory hurdles to building more health care facilities could get its final votes next week after clearing the Senate on Wednesday. Senators voted 44-2 to complete its approval of legislation that would direct state health officials to accept Medicaid […]

Senate Dems try to declare ‘independence’ amid GOP floor takeover

Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington on Aug. 26, 2src21. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo In many ways, congressional Republicans’ regulatory rollback strategy is working: It’s dividing Democrats, squashing a progressive D.C. criminal justice plan and forcing President Joe Biden to whip out his veto pen for the

Biden’s nominee for IRS commissioner teed up for confirmation by Senate

Sen. Joe Manchin’s move also comes as he faces the prospect of a tough reelection race next year in his Republican-leaning state. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Senate is poised to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to head the IRS after he cleared a key procedural hurdle, but it postponed a final vote until

How Democrats disarmed a brewing Senate battle in Michigan

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) has largely cleared the field in what could have otherwise been a messy Senate primary | Carlos Osorio/AP Photo What looked at first like a Democratic free-for all for Michigan’s open Senate seat is nearly over already. Which is exactly what Debbie Stabenow and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wanted. The

California’s Dem Senate hopefuls vie for higher ground over Silicon Valley Bank debacle

Rep. Katie Porter leaned on those bonafides to spotlight a bipartisan 2src18 bill that, she argues, carved up landmark Wall Street reforms that were put in place after the last global financial crisis. | Apu Gomes/Getty Images The Democrats vying in California’s already-heated 2src24 Senate contest don’t disagree much on the response to Silicon Valley

Senate Dems confident they can repeal Iraq war authorizations — despite absences

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who co-sponsored the bill to repeal authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq’s government, was still confident Tuesday that the measure would pass. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Senate absences have complicated an otherwise straightforward vote to kill two decades-old Iraq war authorizations. Advocates still predict it will clear the chamber

Feinstein’s condition sparks concern she won’t return to the Senate

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s absence has already forced her party to change how they run the Senate, where Democrats can’t move President Joe Biden’s judicial picks without her vote. | Francis Chung/POLITICO After Dianne Feinstein announced she’d contracted the shingles in early March, her staff said she planned to return to the Senate within a matter

Republicans’ best hope for Wisconsin Senate is a Trump critic

Mike Gallagher, a 39-year-old former Marine, is widely viewed as a rising star in the GOP thanks to his vocal stance on China policy and prolific fundraising. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo A public break with former President Donald Trump has been career suicide for many an ambitious GOP lawmaker in recent years. It might

Republicans are looking for Senate candidates who are filthy rich

The strategy is also an acknowledgment that the party’s reliance on super PACs funded by its richest supporters has been insufficient. In the last two elections, Republicans were unsuccessful in stopping Democrats from nabbing a narrow majority in the upper chamber. Arming themselves with better-funded recruits, many of whom can give their campaigns tens of

Elizabeth Warren Announces Bid for Third Senate Term

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced Monday that she would seek a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2024. “We’ve won some big victories for working families in Massachusetts and across the country, but there’s a lot more to do. So today I’m making it official: I’m running for reelection to keep up the fight,”

Former NY state Senate candidate says she was attacked by stranger in Central Park

A former New York state Senate candidate says a random man slugged her while she walked her dog in Central Park — and then strolled away as if nothing had happened. Maria Danzilo, 66, told The Post she was still badly shaken by the attack, which happened at about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday while she was […]

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego Hired Anti-Law Enforcement Staffers for Senate Campaign

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) hired staffers who have a history of speaking out against law enforcement to help run his recently announced Senate campaign, Fox News reported. The Arizona Democrat on Monday officially launched his candidacy to try and unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). Although Gallego purported to support law enforcement and touted his vote in favor

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